Bedford Institute of Oceanography
The Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO ) is a large Canadian Oceanographic Institute in Dartmouth in the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia. The research facility which is part of the administration of the Federation, was founded in 1962.
It is Canada's first and currently the largest federal research institute for oceanography. The designation is the Bedford Basin, a bay north of the port of Halifax, owed. The site covers an area of 160,000 m²; a large part of it was formerly operated by the Canadian Navy. BIO consists of a variety of buildings, docks and piers of the Coast Guard and the Canadian Forces Maritime Command ( naval forces ).
Tasks of BIO are respectively research consultancy in maritime issues, oceanography, creation and updating of nautical charts, marine biology and research on cooperation with authorities.
Here are inter- facilities
- Canadian Coast Guard (Canadian Coast Guard )
- Department of Fisheries and Oceans ( Maritime Region) Canadian Hydrographic Service (Atlantic )
- Department of Natural Resources (Atlantic Region) Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic )
- Department of the Environment
- Department of National Defence Cooperation with CHS Atlantic.
The Canadian naval forces stationed here five research vessels, including the CCGS Hudson, the CCGS Matthew and the CCGS Needler.